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Prostate cancer and the social construct of race
Author(s) -
Brawley Otis W.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.33417
Subject(s) - race (biology) , medicine , prostate cancer , socioeconomic status , race and health , construct (python library) , disease , cancer , demography , environmental health , population , biology , sociology , computer science , programming language , botany
In prostate cancer, as in most diseases, race correlates with health outcomes. The influence of race is primarily through socioeconomic influences rather than inherent biological influences. There may be some inherent biological risk of disease associated with area of geographic origin, but that is distinct from race.